MediaTek says partnering with Indian vendors across 5G, IoT to strengthen footprint

Taiwanese fabless chipmaker MediaTek said it is partnering with Indian original equipment makers (OEMs) to strengthen its footprint in the country across futuristic technologies such as fifth generation (5G), Internet of Things (IoT), and Wi-Fi routers in smartphones and smart devices categories to boost the smart device ecosystem.

MediaTek has also partnered with Chinese smartphone maker Realme to power mass-market smartphones with the latest MediaTek Dimensity 1200 5G chipset in India.

“As a frontrunner in the 5G domain, MediaTek has been ambitiously pursuing the vision of creating incredible technologies and delivering exceptional 5G solutions to everyone… MediaTek has identified a great opportunity in the Indian smart devices segment and has tailored the products to address the emerging demands from the digitally empowered customers here opening a new world of opportunities for the industry players and customers,” said Anku Jain, Managing Director, MediaTek India, during the 8th edition of the MediaTek Technology Diaries, held virtually on Tuesday.

“Half of Realme’s portfolio in 2021 will be 5G and we’ll be democratizing 5G chipsets not only above Rs 20,000, but even sub-Rs 20,000 segments as well. We are fully ready to usher in the next phase of 5G-era with full-scale products R&D and supply infrastructure. We are happy to partner with MediaTek in the journey together, we will continue to develop and bring 5G smartphones in India and globally,” said Madhav Sheth, VP, Realme and CEO, Realme India and Europe.

Sheth added that Realme will also partner with MediaTek in the IoT category, and will launch TWS and smart TV products in India in near future powered by MediaTek technologies.

The Dimensity 1200 5G chip comes with support for Dual 5G SIM, 5G Carrier Aggregation (5G CA) across TDD/FDD, and new 5G bands.

The octa-core chip is based on a 6-nm process with a 3GHz clock speed, featuring 1xArm Cortex-A78 Ultra-Core clocked at 3GHz with 2xL2 Cache, 3xArm Cortex-A78 Super Cores clocked at 2.6GHz, and 4xArm Cortex-A55 Efficiency Cores at 2GHz.

On the photography side, the new 5G chip can capture upto 200MP photos, and comes with a 5-core ISP, along with the latest MediaTek APU 3.0, and staggered 4K HDR Video with 40% greater dynamic range and real-time 3-exposure fusion.

The Dimensity 1200 chip, according to the Taiwanese company, is equipped with AI SDR-to-HDR with dynamic per-frame picture quality tuning, AI-Clear Streaming, enhanced HDR 10+ video playback, and hardware-accelerated AV1 video encoding.

It focuses on multimedia experience too, with technologies like Dual-Link True Wireless Stereo Audio and Bluetooth 5.2 with LC3 encoded streaming audio, along with MediaTek HyperEngine 3.0 Gaming technology.